Tuesday, May 04, 2010

The three C's of Governorship

Competence, character, and courage.

A Governor must be competent; they must have the skill set necessary to govern effectively.

A Governor must have character; the accouterments of power attached to the state's highest office represent huge temptation. The greater the temptation, the greater the character needed to overcome it.

A Governor must have courage.

I will give Colonel Allen Weh credit for courage and, for the sake of argument, for competence as well.

That leaves character.

Weh has been involved in a number of incidents that require explanation, defense, denial, or at the very least, acknowledgment.

When a legitimate question has been asked, and the respondent is competent to answer, and they have the courage to answer, then it is only (a lack of) character which will prevent them from answering candidly, forthrightly and honestly.

Weh has been asked about parking in a red zone and, he has been asked about allegations of a "physical attack" that took place at the Bernalillo County Ward Meetings.

He is yet to respond candidly,
forthrightly, and honestly.

Why not, except as a matter
of character?




photo Mark Bralley

No comments: